VillageMall and our staff, will be taking a break from the close of business, Friday, December 16th, and will re-open on Monday, January 9th, 2012.
I would like to, thank our clients for their ongoing support during 2011, and wish you, and your family a safe and happy festive season.
Regards
Charles Moore
CEO VillageMall.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
BBY SmartPortfolio services
BBY data from their self clearing system, is available today i.e from the 7th December 2011.
Notes:
a) Data between the 2nd of December (old BSL clearing) and the 7th of December, is not yet available, but will be processed when available.
b) Option contracts are not available, but will be online when available.
c) For Option contracts we expect to offer separate opening and closing positions, plus provide contract identifiers for options.
d) Until all data is available and processed, the performance, or any reports using daily data, may not be accurate.
e) We will post a separate announcement, when all data is available and processed.
We expect all subscribed portfolio's, will have a complete history from the 1st July 2011 when completed.
Thank you for your patience during the change over to BBY self clearing.
Notes:
a) Data between the 2nd of December (old BSL clearing) and the 7th of December, is not yet available, but will be processed when available.
b) Option contracts are not available, but will be online when available.
c) For Option contracts we expect to offer separate opening and closing positions, plus provide contract identifiers for options.
d) Until all data is available and processed, the performance, or any reports using daily data, may not be accurate.
e) We will post a separate announcement, when all data is available and processed.
We expect all subscribed portfolio's, will have a complete history from the 1st July 2011 when completed.
Thank you for your patience during the change over to BBY self clearing.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
BBY - Self clearing changes
Based upon past experience, VillageMall expects that the change from BSL to BBY self clearing will cause data feed availability issues. We will try our best to minimise the effect on client portfolio's.
It is expected, that the change over will occur on the first Monday of December, this will also be the first day when operational data is available from BBY self clearing; hence our Quality Assurance process cannot be completed, until at least two weeks after this date.
During this time, VillageMall will be collecting all data, and while there may be a period where daily client portfolio access is not available, we will process and correct any clearing data.
It is expected, VillageMall will be able to merge all existing BBY/BSL portfolio client data (including Stonebridge), with the new BBY self clearing data to create a complete end of year tax pack from the 30th June 2011.
Any existing client portfolio's with data pre-30th June 2011, will continue to have access to this data, all other clients will have pre-june 2011 data removed.
It is recommended that any clients who require a copy of their 2010-2011 tax pack; to print, and retain, within their local records, before the end of November 2011.
Any questions regarding the BBY self clearing, please contact BBY trade support.
It is expected, that the change over will occur on the first Monday of December, this will also be the first day when operational data is available from BBY self clearing; hence our Quality Assurance process cannot be completed, until at least two weeks after this date.
During this time, VillageMall will be collecting all data, and while there may be a period where daily client portfolio access is not available, we will process and correct any clearing data.
It is expected, VillageMall will be able to merge all existing BBY/BSL portfolio client data (including Stonebridge), with the new BBY self clearing data to create a complete end of year tax pack from the 30th June 2011.
Any existing client portfolio's with data pre-30th June 2011, will continue to have access to this data, all other clients will have pre-june 2011 data removed.
It is recommended that any clients who require a copy of their 2010-2011 tax pack; to print, and retain, within their local records, before the end of November 2011.
Any questions regarding the BBY self clearing, please contact BBY trade support.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Broker Admin->enhancements
The following new features are available within the Broker Admin Console:
- Contact VillageMall Support: provides a direct interface into our Product Acton Request database, used by our Development group. This service is available 24*7.
- Issues: Provides access to VillageMall Technical issues which aaffect any VillageMall service.
- News: provides details of any system changes, new features or service releases which affect any VillageMall Service.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Reduced capacity
24th August 2011 @7:30AM
Due to a system issue, VillageMall services will be running at reduced capacity.
24th August 2011 @12:43AM
All core services, back to full capability, some tempory load sheading will occur.
Expected return to full capacity
31st August 2011
31st August 2011 @2:43PM
Full capacity restored.
Due to a system issue, VillageMall services will be running at reduced capacity.
24th August 2011 @12:43AM
All core services, back to full capability, some tempory load sheading will occur.
Expected return to full capacity
31st August 2011
31st August 2011 @2:43PM
Full capacity restored.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Advisor Enhancements
Advisors will have a new "My Advisor" menu item.
This will allow two functions:
Advisors from non BBY accounts should contact their broker to enable this feature.
The multi-portfolio search function will allow an advisor to find accounts with current holdings of a specific security, and display the current CHESS holding details.
This will allow two functions:
- Summary-> Client Daily Summary data
- Multi-portfolio security search
Advisors from non BBY accounts should contact their broker to enable this feature.
The multi-portfolio search function will allow an advisor to find accounts with current holdings of a specific security, and display the current CHESS holding details.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
SMSF 2011 TAX RETURN
VillageMall has received approval from the Australian Taxation Office for paper lodgement of the following 2011 forms and schedules:
2011 SMSF Annual Return
Supervisory Levy
In the 2011-12 Federal Budget, the government announced an increase in supervisory levy from $150 to $180 from 1 July 2010. Section D, Label H has been updated to reflect this change.
Release Date
It is expected that subject to ATO ELS stability, 2011 SMSF tax returns can be processed from 1st September 2011.
- 2011 SMSF Annual Return
- 2011 Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Schedule
- 2011 SMSF Annual Return (Form MS)
2011 SMSF Annual Return
Supervisory Levy
In the 2011-12 Federal Budget, the government announced an increase in supervisory levy from $150 to $180 from 1 July 2010. Section D, Label H has been updated to reflect this change.
Release Date
It is expected that subject to ATO ELS stability, 2011 SMSF tax returns can be processed from 1st September 2011.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
SMSF 30th June 2011, APIR Unit Trust Prices
As per previous years, the 30th June 2011, unit prices for most APIR Unit trusts will not be available until the end of July or first week of August for some funds.
Unit Prices will be available, to all SMSF and Full portfolio services, as they are received.
1st August 2011: All prices updated and available.
Unit Prices will be available, to all SMSF and Full portfolio services, as they are received.
1st August 2011: All prices updated and available.
Lite->Portfolio tax pack availability
The tax pack report within Lite->Portfolio->"2011 Report" link is scheduled to be available from Friday the 8th July 2011.
Clients should check the period of each report, as some clients data is only available for a part of the year, due to a new account, missing data feed or errors when transferring off market securities.
In the case of any missing data, you should contact your broker or advisor directly.
Clients should check the period of each report, as some clients data is only available for a part of the year, due to a new account, missing data feed or errors when transferring off market securities.
In the case of any missing data, you should contact your broker or advisor directly.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
IE 9 Support
As VillageMall only supports the last two versions of IE, support for IE7 has been deprecated.
As both IE8 and IE 9 have a compatibility mode (which forces emulation of IE7) you will need to ensure that this mode, is not enabled ,when accessing any of VillageMall's or our partners white label sites.
There is a known problem with IE9 and PDF download across SSL, if you have this problem, then run the on-line fix available from Microsoft.
All future application testing will be done on IE 9 using Windows 7, due to the lack of IE 9 across multiple OS, we expect to extend support of IE 8 until further notice.
As both IE8 and IE 9 have a compatibility mode (which forces emulation of IE7) you will need to ensure that this mode, is not enabled ,when accessing any of VillageMall's or our partners white label sites.
There is a known problem with IE9 and PDF download across SSL, if you have this problem, then run the on-line fix available from Microsoft.
All future application testing will be done on IE 9 using Windows 7, due to the lack of IE 9 across multiple OS, we expect to extend support of IE 8 until further notice.
Lite->End of Year and Year to date reports
Two new reports (beta) have been added to the Lite menu.
1. The End of year will not be available until after the 30th June 2011, and will provide you with data that may be sent to your accountant, to assist with the end of year returns.
2. The Year To Date report, is the same format as the End of year but provides a Year to date range report.
The year to date report will reset on the 1st July 2011.
Please review and comment on the Year to date report, we expect to finalise both of these reported in the last week of June 2011.
1. The End of year will not be available until after the 30th June 2011, and will provide you with data that may be sent to your accountant, to assist with the end of year returns.
2. The Year To Date report, is the same format as the End of year but provides a Year to date range report.
The year to date report will reset on the 1st July 2011.
Please review and comment on the Year to date report, we expect to finalise both of these reported in the last week of June 2011.
2011 Tax Tables
The 2011 tax tables are scheduled to be published at the end of May 2011.
All existing tax tables will include the once-off flood levy.
Any employee with an exemption will need to claim the exemption at the end of the year.
VillageMall Support
All existing tax tables will include the once-off flood levy.
Any employee with an exemption will need to claim the exemption at the end of the year.
VillageMall Support
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